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Shamash

(597 posts)
59. I'm guessing you are only allowed to read a certain number of words each day
Tue Feb 10, 2015, 04:57 PM
Feb 2015

Otherwise you would have seen in the comments directly below where I advocate for reform in the laws that would not be acceptable to "2A Extremists".

Presuming that "gun owners" as a monolithic block pull a Charles Heston is exactly the logical fallacy I just pointed out. I might even say that you classing Gabrielle Giffords, Harry Reid, Patrick Leahy (all of whom are "gun owners&quot or Rachel Maddow (a self-described gun enthusiast) or 30% of all Democrats (the percentage who own guns, like this) as someone who is "spitting on the graves of the dead" is...what's the term I'm looking for? Oh yeah, "a bridge too far". Even when the logical fallacy is shoved in your face, the very first thing you did was repeat it. At least your arguments are flawed in a consistent fashion.

And please refresh my memory. When was the last time you were civil to any liberal gun owner here at DU? Because we're the moderate ones and I would have thought that being civil should be the default for someone worried about other people's impulse control.

See also this. It seems appropriate enough for the issue of extreme gun control advocates and their authoritarian conservative counterparts.

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the bottom line is that not enough white kids have been killed or maimed ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #1
"not enough white kids have been killed or maimed due to gun violence"?! whathehell Feb 2015 #17
Has gun violence stopped since Newton? Nope, INCREASED. I rest my case. ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #34
I think you misunderstand me, I am appalled at our country's gun laws whathehell Feb 2015 #42
Black Americans are more than twice as likely to die from gun violence than whites Major Nikon Feb 2015 #39
If true, I stand corrected -- In any case, I despise the LACK of sensible gun laws in this country. whathehell Feb 2015 #43
I'm with you. bravenak Feb 2015 #52
100% Correct another alternative to waiting for more people to die is for lots of non white ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #61
Newton, Columbine itcfish Feb 2015 #55
Like I said not enough yet ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #62
they were all horrible. but our reaction to sandy hook is worse JI7 Feb 2015 #2
Thank goodness France has strict gun regulation and a total assault rifle ban Shamash Feb 2015 #8
Of what, would such a law consist? Hoppy Feb 2015 #10
no, progressives are not demonizing all gun owners. CTyankee Feb 2015 #11
Post removed Post removed Feb 2015 #19
seeing that the U.S. has the highest absolute number of gun owners in the world LanternWaste Feb 2015 #38
How exactly is pointing out intolerance...martyrdom? Shamash Feb 2015 #47
People are born gay, nobody is born a gun owner Bjorn Against Feb 2015 #63
Sounds just like the Christians who wail about being persecuted BrotherIvan Feb 2015 #40
Ecological fallacy Shamash Feb 2015 #46
You are crying about being called bad names BrotherIvan Feb 2015 #48
I'm guessing you are only allowed to read a certain number of words each day Shamash Feb 2015 #59
Very well stated malaise Feb 2015 #60
So take the time to remind us what solutions you are proposing... CANDO Feb 2015 #12
I have no idea what the NRA's solutions are Shamash Feb 2015 #18
FYI, the NRA and Gun Lobby actively opposes most of those solutions. haele Feb 2015 #36
I think you're misinformed on one of those Shamash Feb 2015 #44
That's a reciprocity act, not a national standard act. haele Feb 2015 #67
Here is what I am hearing you say. upaloopa Feb 2015 #57
I'll never get over it, or how the media & the NRA quickly doused national outrage & horror RiverLover Feb 2015 #3
Fox will show the violence of ISIS without batting an eye.. mountain grammy Feb 2015 #4
You are so right and MSGreedia pays little attention to the home grown racist barbarians malaise Feb 2015 #6
Maybe gun safety protesters should start making signs with the pictures mwrguy Feb 2015 #7
The difference is that Issa doesn't have an office on K street to bribe their sorry asses. Hoppy Feb 2015 #9
You nailed it. nt TBF Feb 2015 #14
+ Ed Suspicious Feb 2015 #15
Me, too. Way more troubled. marble falls Feb 2015 #5
Without a doubt madokie Feb 2015 #13
It doesn't have to be an "either or"...All are horrifying. whathehell Feb 2015 #16
Genital mutilation, public floggings for 'insulting' Islam. Did we 'ignite' that violence, too? randome Feb 2015 #20
An Intersting Observation.... Laxman Feb 2015 #21
We seem to want more school shootings by ignoring Security. ileus Feb 2015 #22
In your view what percentage of the current education budget should go to security? Fumesucker Feb 2015 #29
Tell me about it.....I submitted a 3k quote to a local school ileus Feb 2015 #37
"the lack of reining in the gun lovers is even worse than the slaughter of innocents" Dreamer Tatum Feb 2015 #23
But you've praised Angela Davis who supplied guns to violent criminals. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #24
More people died from gunshot last year in KC leftyladyfrommo Feb 2015 #25
Which KC? Shamash Feb 2015 #26
KCMO leftyladyfrommo Feb 2015 #50
Media-fueled paranoia, institutional economic inequality... Act_of_Reparation Feb 2015 #27
I just can't believe how paranoid a person would have to be to leftyladyfrommo Feb 2015 #51
If you really want to know, watch the YouTubes. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2015 #58
I lost classmates at Sandy Hook. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2015 #28
I'm very sorry for pain you are feeling. In_The_Wind Feb 2015 #31
Yeah, but we ~must~ simply do something about the one Fumesucker Feb 2015 #32
I completely agree. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2015 #33
+1 BrotherIvan Feb 2015 #41
My condolences to you.. whathehell Feb 2015 #45
I totally agree. Good point. nruthie Feb 2015 #30
My dear Malaise.. I just do not understand Peacetrain Feb 2015 #35
I am not equally horrified malaise Feb 2015 #64
Why the scare quotes on beheadings? melman Feb 2015 #49
Maybe they were staged and everyone's drinking scotch with Elvis and Bin Laden? randome Feb 2015 #53
Lobby money, lots of lobby money keeps the NRA where they are and has cultivated a Jefferson23 Feb 2015 #54
What kind of Society do itcfish Feb 2015 #56
Is there a need to make illegal acts more illegal? ManiacJoe Feb 2015 #65
+100 n/t billh58 Feb 2015 #66
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